Large-scale, time-calibrated phylogenies from supermatrix studies have become crucial for
evolutionary and ecological studies in many groups of organisms. However, in frogs (anuran …

Mitochondrial abnormalities are primarily seen in morphology, structure and function. They
can cause damage to organs, including the heart, brain and muscle, by various …

True toads of the genus Rhinella are among the most common and diverse group of
Neotropical anurans. These toads are widely distributed throughout South America …

The herpetofauna of the insular systems of Mexico is composed of 226 species, of which 14
are anurans, two are salamanders, and 210 are reptiles, comprised of two crocodilians, 195 …

The relationships of the hyline tribe Dendropsophini remain poorly studied, with most
published analyses dealing with few of the species groups of Dendropsophus. In order to …

The diversification processes underlying why Amazonia hosts the most species-rich
vertebrate fauna on earth remain poorly understood. We studied the spatio-temporal …

Dendropsophus is one of the most species-rich genera of hylid treefrogs. Recent studies
integrating Sanger-generated mitochondrial and nuclear loci with phenomic characters (SP) …

Scinax is the most species-rich genus of Neotropical treefrogs, with 129 currently recognized
species divided between two major clades, the S. catharinae and S. ruber clades. The S …

Paradoxical frogs are exclusively aquatic anurans distributed across much of South
America. They have been the subject of several phylogenetic studies, but the results of these …

Boana xerophylla is a common treefrog widely distributed in northern Brazil, Colombia,
French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. A …